• Post Office - Summerville GA
    The post office in Summerville was completed in 1938 with funds provided by the Treasury Department. It is also the site of Doris Lee's 1939 mural, "Georgia Countryside," completed with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts and viewable in the lobby.
  • Post Office Mural - Summerville GA
    Doris Lee completed this oil-on-canvas mural, entitled "Georgia Countryside," in 1939 with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. It is viewable in the Summerville post office lobby.   "Shortly after winning the Logan Prize for her painting Thanksgiving at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1935, Doris Lee (1905-1983) received her first major commission to execute two murals on rural mail delivery for the Washington DC Post Office. This post office was the grandest mural project of the Treasury Department's Section of Fine Arts which held national competitions to commission artists based on skill, not need, to complete art...